I thought junior Kelly got the shaft at snwmf, but 3 on Sunday is bad and short. Should b the headliner. Don't people realize he's the best ever! I don't get it. Pretty earl For prez. Pretty early for show times too. The lineup could change a bunch

Junior Kelly is about where I think he should be except you could switch him and Rootz Underground, but Morgan Heritage should headline for sure. Once again the Prezident gets the shaft, seems to happen every single time he is at a festival.

I said it before and I will say it again, junior Kelly is the top performer on this bill. He should headline. When has Julian had a solo hit on the charts for 15 weeks like "love so nice." actually, when has Julian had a hit at all. Never.

Julian has some alright songs, boom draw probably being his biggest, but in my opinion he's getting the headliner slot based on his last name more than his catalog of music. They should throw Rootz Underground in the Prez' spot then push Junior Kelly back and we could end the fest with Prez, Junior Kelly and Morgan Heritage back to back to back

Nice idea. Morgan heritage does deserve closer. But junior Kelly should be the boom draw for saturday night. Ya beating dead horse. Prez does nice daytime set but should be later onsaturday instead of all those acts never heard of. Nobody better than junior Kelly, but I will leave deadh horse alone. Junior Kelly got 3 pm Sunday at snwmf also

That's funny. Julian Marley's biggest hit, Boom Draw, isn't even the best song of that same name by all of the artists that will be at ROTR. How in the world is he headlining? Damian or Stephen I could see, but Julian doesn't have the popularity or the catalog to deserve that spot.

I'm really excited to see a lot of the line up, I recently was introduced to Blue Kind Brown and I'm beyond stoked to see them in the flesh. We will have a wonderful line-up for anyone that attends. We all love our classic artists, but lucky for us we will also be able to experience newer artists as well.

Quotewestafari
For some weird reason ROTR 2013 is not listing the line-up on the website. I went through FB and wrote down the line-up so far. It is OK, but could be way better. Let me knwo if there are any I missed.

I'm really excited to see a lot of the line up, I recently was introduced to Blue Kind Brown and I'm beyond stoked to see them in the flesh. We will have a wonderful line-up for anyone that attends. We all love our classic artists, but lucky for us we will also be able to experience newer artists as well.

Yes I agree Mr. P. I've always respected ROTR choice of artists and their showtimes, but this one leaves me scratching my head. I count at least 5 performers on that list who should be headlining the premier slot on Saturday night. At the very least it should be Anthony B, he has waaaay more hits than Julian ever will. Same with Junior Kelly. I thought when they 1st announced the line-up that Tarrus would for sure be the top headliner (which usually plays Saturday night). Maybe they'll switch the order on Sat. night at the last minute. It should be... Julian, Natural Black, THEN Anthony B.! That makes much more sense to me. Or maybe they just want to get the After-Party started early, so that it doesn't last all night. I just know it will be a very anti-climatic finish if he has to follow Anthony B, whom I'm sure will be on FIRE!

I've never seen him on a big stage as headliner before so I'm actually kind of excited to see the set. Given the reputation the Marley sons have for stage performances, I'm sure he'll come tough. I was just personally surprised to see him as the festival's main headliner. I've been playing his tune with Bugle a lot lately....

Wha g'wann wit only 3 day ticket pass sales? Will the promoters be opening up 1 day ticket sales for those of us unable to stay more than 1 day? Interesting, risky...some might say greedy? promotion strategy.

Quoterandomguy2u
Never had one day tickets. U could pull something off for Sunday entrance. Junior Kelly is calling I might show up at the last minute 2 buy a ticket at the front gate off a scalper.

I bought a 1 day Saturday ticket for the 2011 show, but this was when it was @ Benbow. $200 (including ticket fees, parking, etc) is too much for 1 day of music. Sorry, ROTR. I'm so glad to be going to SNWMF. Looks like a better lineup too. Fulljoy.

I agree iremon, but the venue of rotr is 50x better than the venue of snwmf. A river running through the festival on a hot summer day. Also a bowl concert area where you can sit on a hill side overlooking everyone and the stage with a perfect vantage point of the stage. If you are 100 feet back at snwmf you can not see a damn thing. Also, no water to walk to.

No brainer who has a better venue IMO. Line-up? That is another story.

Ive been to ROTR 11 times and SNWMF 17 times...The French's camp venue is clearly better but I like the little town of Boonville better then Garberville. Richardson's Grove State Park is bigger and better then Hendy Woods and its within walking distance to the venue, but we love both those parks for festival camping. I think the weather is typically a little warmer at ROTR and of course the river is a big plus.

I hope it doesn't. I guess my only complaint about SNWMF this year was it wasn't intimate enough for "my" liking. Like I stated in previous posts, I haven't been to SNWMF for sometime so I wasn't expecting that many people, or maybe it seemed like a lot to me.

Do not sleep on Julian Marley. He has had quite the musical growth over the past few years. Imo he is me favorite Marley to see live. While his catalog isn't as impressive as Damian or Stephens, his talent and stage pressence is definatley on par. Only reason I was considering ROTR this year is to see Junior Kelly, don't know if I want to stick around until Sunday afternoon to see him, I was planning on coming home Sunday morning.

No conflict with ROTR. His only appearance will be at ROTR and as said he will be doing 2 performances, Thursday and Friday with lots of time left to head to Germany. Rumor has it that he will be hanging out all weekend at French's Camp before leaving the country.

QuoteRumor has it that he will be hanging out all weekend at French's Camp before leaving the country.

While it's entirely possible that he will be performing at ROTR Thursday and Friday (as scheduled) before leaving to make the Sunday night slot at Reggae Jam, this 'rumor' would require that he miss ReggaeJam entirely.....

@mamacali, Protoje was at SN he won' t be at ROTR.
Chronixx will be there and is performing Friday night and then heading back to the airport to fly to Europe for a performance on Sunday there.
If anyone has any more questions about Protoje, Chronixx or Kabaka feel free to shoot me an email at blessedcoast1@gmail.com

Hold a joy ~~
Those of you who arrive as early-birds and post up at Reggae on the River in time for the Thursday night kick off will be treated to a stage show featuring DJs, sound systems, and a variety of top California-based vocalists.
Additionally, the following special guests will also be presenting track sets on Thursday night- most as a prelude to their full band performances later in the weekend.

MC Zulu

Panamanian born and Chicago bred, MC Zulu pays his respects to the DJ driven Caribbean culture with trademark megaphone in hand and a distinctive blend of electro bass grooves and dancehall vocals.

Chronixx
With multiple chart toppers, Chronixx killed it at this year’s Rebel Salute in his home country of Jamaica and will be making his California debut at ROTR.

Kabaka Pyramid
One of the toughest lyricists coming out of Kingston, Jamaica, Kabaka harnesses the power of hip hop while riding on dancehall and roots reggae rhythms.

Nkulee Dube
Back by popular demand, this daughter of South African reggae legend, Lucky Dube, Nkulee is garnering international attention for her fresh remaking of roots reggae and neo-soul with a distinct African flavor.

Army
Representing the roots reggae renaissance coming out of St. Croix, Army’s simultaneously soothing and invigorating voice springs from a place seeking spiritual renewal and justice for all people.

“Run tune, Selector!” In next week’s eblast we’ll count off the DJ and sound system crews that will nice up the River during the early-arrival kick off and throughout the weekend. Until then…stay blessed!

BTW, anyone ripping on Julien Marley is going to enjoy themselves. He came out on stage at SNWMF with Damien and Stephen and was my favorite Marley on stage that night. I really wish I could take some more time away from work. ROTR put together a really nice lineup!

Wow, I guess I was wrong. They will sell one day tickets. Crazy. Looks like it is not seeling out.

Tickets:

Tickets include the option of camping on site and are priced at:

~ $250 - 4-day early arrival ticket. Allows access to festival grounds at 8am on Thursday, August 1, plus an extra evening of DJs and special guests.

~ $190 - 3-day main event ticket. Allows access to the festival grounds at 8am on Friday, August 2.

~ $250 - RV parking. A limited number of additional RV spaces have recently been allotted. These were recently sold out, so get yours now! Please note this only includes your RV space rental, NOT admission to the festival.

Single Day Tickets will also be available at the festival for the following prices:

~ Friday - $75
~ Saturday - $75
~ Sunday - $55

Please Note: Single Day tickets will not be available in advance and will only be available to walk ups on the days of the event at Guest & Media Check In (not Will Call). Single day ticket holders are not permitted to park or camp on site and must either park in one of the offsite lots or ride the shuttle to the event.

It looks like the Beach and Bus reggae party is coming back in full effect. The Buffalo Soldiers (Buffalo and Special busses) are coming back after 6 long years away. Another great addition to another epic year.

Friday is packed what a banging start. Followed by an early start Saturday morning with prez brown and meditiations. Early finish with Morgan Heritage at 6:30.....I hope there is a bit more going on afterwards.

Anyone have any updates on Anthony B's situation? I know it was discussed above but that was a while ago. I've seen him too many times to count but I'd still be pretty disappointed if he didn't make it this year.

Friday is just non-stop starting with army at 1......the emphasis has surely shifted to friday.....it used to be lighter lineups on friday or alternative sounds like ben harper or spearhead and run later on sunday...don't burnout the first day.....

Ya i don't want to miss Army or Toussaint, or Nkulee, not sure if i'm going to make it past Jboog though, not my favorite, to see Tarrus, who i find good but not essential. Saturday i'm kind of in for the duration and we'll see how long i last sunday. Thing is there are 21 reggae acts and 3 world , loosely categorized, which is actually a lot fewer acts than at SNWMF, and this is three whole days. So either they are going to get a lot more time than the hour, hour and a quarter that artists got at snwmf or it's going to be fairly relaxed. It looks like Anthony B gets and hour and a half or so, that would be cool to see nice long sets.

Nomo-
I advise you check out Chronixx, a hot new artist on the rise. Natural Black/Anthony B back to back on Saturday should be well nice. Rockamovya is supposed to be pretty good and I look forward to checking them out. But my biggest anticipation is for Junior Kelly, whom I have been waiting a loooooong time to see!

For me, I gotta be in and catching Nkulee Dube's set, the run of Nkulee Dube, Kabaka, Chronixx, J Boog, Tarrus is the bees knees as far as I am concerned. Would not miss Kabaka or Chronixx set for the world, but I would not sleep on Tarrus's set either and I can guarantee Nkulee will be worth checking her set. It is gonna be a fun weekend.

You and I are on the same page DJ Treez. Posting in the bowl from Nkulee thru Tarrus. Saturday morning gonna start off real nice with the Prez and the Meditations back to back, then end nice with Natural Black, Anthony B and I'm interested to see if Julian brings the heat.

Friday is HUGE! The whole day from Woven Roots to Tarrus Riley and the Blak Soil Band (Hopefully including Dean Fraiser) gwan non stop, posted in the old bowl. Then a more relaxed pace Saturday and Sunday although still full of amazing artists. Julian has been growin on me a bit more as I've researched some of his newer material. Finally get to see Natural Black after all these years, unfortunately after he cut his locks tho. Big Up Anthony B everytime, my all time favorite performance of my life was Anthony B at the 20th anniversary ROTR in 2003, he burned the place down. Finally get to see Junior Kelly after all these years, remember first bumping "Love So Nice" in like 2002. Couldn't be a better finish than the recently reunited Morgan Heritage, Big up Peetah and Gramps and the rest. See you all there.

Press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services:

Officials with the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) are warning recreational users of the South Fork Eel, Van Duzen, Klamath and Mattole rivers, Big Lagoon, Freshwater Lagoon and all other freshwater bodies to avoid contact with algae this summer.

Low flows along the South Fork of the Eel River as well as the Van Duzen, coupled with sustained high temperatures in the inland areas, have created the ideal conditions for rapid blooming of blue-green algae.

DHHS is aware of 11 dog deaths that may have been caused by blue-green algae poisoning since 2001. The dogs died shortly after swimming in Big Lagoon, the South Fork Eel River and the Van Duzen River.

A nerve toxin associated with blue-green algae was found in the stomachs of the dogs that died on the South Fork Eel River in 2002. The same toxin was found in water samples from the South Fork Eel and Van Duzen rivers in 2009 just after two dogs died. This poison is the most likely cause of the dog deaths on these rivers. Dogs are more vulnerable than people because they may swallow the toxin when they lick their fur. The onset of symptoms can be rapid; dogs have died within 30 minutes to one hour after leaving the water.

Blue-green algae blooms that produce a liver toxin have been documented in Klamath River reservoirs and the Klamath River this year. The current status of this river may be found at the Klamath Basin Monitoring Program website: http://www.kbmp.net/blue-green-algae-tracker.

Blue-green algae can be present in any freshwater body. It looks like green, blue-green, white or brown scum, foam or mats floating on the water. Usually, it does not affect animals or people. However, warm water and abundant nutrients can cause blue-green algae to grow more rapidly than usual. These floating algal masses, or “blooms,” can produce natural toxins that are very potent. Dogs and children are most likely to be affected because of their smaller body size and tendency to stay in the water for longer periods.

DHHS officials recommend the following guidelines for recreational users of all freshwater areas in Humboldt County:

* Keep children, pets and livestock from swimming in or drinking water containing algal scums or mats.

* Adults should also avoid wading and swimming in water containing algal blooms. Try not to swallow or inhale water spray in an algal bloom area.

* If no algal scums or mats are visible, you should still carefully watch young children and warn them not to swallow any water.

* Fish should be consumed only after removing the guts and liver and rinsing fillets in tap water.

* Never drink, cook with or wash dishes with water from rivers, streams or lakes.

* Get medical attention immediately if you think that you, your pet or livestock might have been poisoned by blue-green algae toxins. Be sure to tell the doctor about possible contact with blue-green algae.

Human activities can have a big effect on nutrient and water flows in rivers, streams or lakes. Phosphorous and nitrogen found in fertilizers, animal waste and human waste can stimulate blooms. Excessive water diversions can increase water temperatures and reduce flows. People can take the following measures to prevent algal blooms in local waters:

* Be very conservative with the use of water, fertilizers and pesticides on your lawn, garden or agricultural operation.

* Recycle any “spent” soil that has been used for intensive growing by tilling it back into gardens, or protect it from rainfall to avoid nutrient runoff.

* Plant or maintain native plants around banks. These plants help filter water and don't require fertilizers.

Dip dem three times in the water!...It's funny this thread started out complaining about a weak lineup...Now the Lineup looking strong as can Be ......Friday Marathon.....NATURAL BLACK FINALLY.....And I think one of the top 2 Artists in Reggae, JUNIOR KELLY.....been through a few heavy smoke tests....SNWMF and Renegade at Quincy where incoming traffic was detoured to a different route and Anthony B burned it up for super-long set...Let the winds blow our way.